Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-08-24
JEDGE WAXEM ABROAD.
NE AND MANDY LEAVE ITALY AND
60 TO SWITZERLAND.

Fair Itmlia-A Quiet Sunday in switler-
land That Reminded Them Both Of the
Quiet Sundays In wayback-Ths Alps.
Especial Correspondence.
.r. GENEVA, Switzerland, Aug. l.
think the last letter wrote to yore val |
liable journal was from Lake Como, Italy, |
and here we air this week in Genevy. From |
Italy to Switzerland, the land Of st. Peter TO |
the land Of John Calvin, and more scenery |
betwixt them than would make heaven fer |
both of 'em and leave plenty of room fer ther
diferents Of relijus Opinions to moove
around without clashin up agin one anuther.
We tuck our own time in comm over here
from Como, fer a good deal Of the way il mp
hill, and though the rotles is good, Mandy
wouldent ride moren sixty five mile day
nohow. She said she couldent do it and do
justis to the scenery. That's what she said,
hut thar was stagin in several places and l
think 1t was ware and tare on the arnicky
bottle that she wanted to pervent have
discovered that long stage ride, to ANNA
toor, has a tendency to skin him alive.
The only travlin' on passes I've done sence
the passidge Of that doggone interstate COM
merse bill has bin betwxt here and Lake
Como But it wasent railroad passes-it was
mounting passes, and we had to do itby stage
and pay fer it besides. This is the fust time,
Mr.. Editor, I have attempted to git off a
Joke on that interstate commerce bill, which
l thought was goin to be mighty good joke
on the railrodes, but which scanned to I've
Retroactive, as it wair, OH to the statesmen
that voted for its passidge. You will excuse
my levity, l hope, and take it as sign that
I am recoverin my usule sperrits after the
IL <l,nk 1,xyx
lists at the intlusts of the national legislators,
who was 30 zealus in the cause Of the people
that they neglected to look out fer themselves.
My views on the tariff question air under
gon change, at least OH this si!e of the
oshen have noticed all over Italy that
every hack driver, and boatman, and gid
and every other public servant, outside OF
politics, when he comes to collect his fare,
| always wants more than you had fggered or
| lettin him have, and when you object, he
! says "Tarif!' Tariff. the only English lat
knows, and pulls out a printed card, shown
you the legal price of the job, made that way
to skin unsuspectin victim clean to the
bone. At Vesuvius fer instants. when a red
hot peace Of lazy fell neer where we wus, one
OF the gides grabbed it up and come to me-
wantin penny to put in it, and let it stick
thar, when it got cold, fer a mermentum of
vulcano put up the money, though l
didn't want to pertickerlerly, and before it
wus cold l started to carry it along on the cid
of stick; but the glide said had to pay q
franc for it. and pulled the tariff bill OH me.
1t wus my penny too! Well got SO mad
throwed the Whole thing into the crater, and
come mighty nigh servin the blamed glide the
same way. although am usually a law abidin
sitzen. Until return to the land OF the free
| am in favor of tariff reform and eff my col
leeg Mr.. Sam Randall, could come over here
fer a season, it would make free trader out
IF him in no time.
| "a
But am wandern from the sui jock. We
rot out of Italy and into Switzerland on
Saturday night, and the follerin Sunday we
observed in the good old Wayback faShun y
restln quiet all day. We was at a liLsl
mounting town whar simplisity and roorality
prevailed and whar Everybody that met u'
on the road passed the time of day and tool
| of ther bat, and thar was a church bel
a-ringin and the smell of the woods CONF
down from the hills and the fragrants of the
flowers come up from the valleys and men ant
wimmen in their Sunday go to nieetin clost
was standin around in the shade of thu
houses on the street and gossipin and laughiI
in q quiet way fer all the world like Sunday
mornin in Wayback. 1t made us mighty
nigh homesirk, fer it was all in forrin Ian
gwidge except the sunshine and the wood
and the flowers, but it was SO much bette
than any Sunday we had experienced senc
l-avin Wayb back that we sot down on littl
} shady hilltop overlookin the peeceful Sem
anu didn't say word to each other for full
hour, hut put in the time a-thinkin an'
a.thinkin and wonderin what they was al
doin in that other peeceful rooral deestrcl
! so fer away. At last Mandy took ont he
: handkerchief and wiped her eyes snd kinde
laughed a gentle laugh and said ef the dus
was that bad we'd better be goin, and W
, strolled along down the road, not goin any
where in pertickler, and not keering niue
whether we got thar or not.
The scenery in Switzerland beats th
world, and will beat it tell we can git til
Rocky mountings moved east and Civ art
. chance to assist Mater Fer week er MOI
l we was in sight of snow and ice. and som,
r times we walked on snow drifts 500 foot dee
and mile wide, and towerin above lis te
e Their tops seemed punchin hole into the etc
nal blue Of the heavens, stood the dessolt
I peaks, so grand and gloomy that it made m
$ throat fill up and kinder choked me to look
1 them. am glad Switzerland is free coul
I, try, fer these grand old mountings shou
r know no crown but thar own eternal snow
set off by the glt5erin stars that seems to shir
4 in that empty white settin.
Q Mandy wus disappointed because she couldel
. take glasheer home with Der to make
. spring house out of to keep milk and butt
J. in, but con.oled her by buyin her pair
n nittin needle holders made out of shanoi
q horns.
s As we expect to be in this New Hamshire
IS Europ fer u week er so, / will close this lett
r now and Civ your readers few more pin
n in another one Give my love to all ipquir
friends. Aou.s truely, w. Q. WAxzM.